words dunno IV

Question 1

abbey

Answer 1

N: Monastary

Question 2

refurbish

Answer 2

V: renovate, rehabilitate; renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building).

“the premises have been completely refurbished in our corporate style”

Question 3

demigod

Answer 3

N: a lower tier of god

2. a man who is greatly admired

Question 4

revive

Answer 4

V: restore to life or consciousness.

“both men collapsed, but were revived”

Question 5

provisional

Answer 5

A: arranged for the present; temporary, transitional
A provisional government

Question 6

perspicuous

Answer 6

A: of an account clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid

N: perspicuity

Question 7

lucid

Answer 7

A: clearly expressed, easy to understood

Write in a clear and lucid style

Question 8

discourse

Answer 8

N: discussion; written or spoken communication or debate.

“the language of political discourse”

Question 9

vacillate

Answer 9

V: alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

“I had for a time vacillated between teaching and journalism”

Question 10

hypochondriac

Answer 10

N: a person who is abnormally anxious about their health

Question 11

impulse

Answer 11

N: a sudden strong desire to act; urge, need
2. pulse, current;a pulse of electrical energy; a brief current.

“I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle”
2. nerve impulses”

Question 12

rectify

Answer 12

V: put right; correct.
2. convert (alternating current) to direct current.

“mistakes made now cannot be rectified later”